We review empirical studies on kinship foster care in the United States. We conceptualize
kinship foster care within the context of Urie Bronfenbrenner's (1994) most recent ecological …

Children with disabilities receive most of their support from families. While most family
caregivers are mothers or fathers, grandparents are increasingly providing care for children …

Children are frequently cared for by relatives and friends when parents, for whatever reason,
are unable to care for their children themselves. Yet there has been very little information …

Aim. To provide a critical review of research literature on the health of grandparents raising
grandchildren, and identify directions for future research. Methods. Approaches used to …

The number of custodial grandparents has increased significantly over the past decade.
Building on Hayslip's and Kaminski's comprehensive review of the literature on custodial …

The major purpose of this study was to identify predictors of grandparent caregiver health
status. Additional purposes were to describe the physical and emotional health of …

Summer 2023 Page 1 AMBERTON UNIVERSITY e-COURSE SYLLABUS HBD6768.E1 Aging
and End of Life Issues Summer 2023 PROFESSOR INFORMATION: Name: Aimee Herring …

To examine the implications of custodial grandparent care, we compared the material
hardship, mental health, and physical well‐being of custodial grandmothers (n= 90) and …

The aim of the current study was to explore the relationship between the psychological
health of grandparents raising grandchildren, and those grandchildren's social, emotional …

This study investigated the degree of stress in 50 African American grandparents (M= 63.12
years) who are raising their grandchildren and identified the importance of caregiver …